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" On the coast of Kincardineshire, an illustration was afforded at the close of the last century, of the effect of promontories in protecting a line of low shore. The village of Mathers, two miles south of Johnshaven, was built on an ancient shingle beach,... "
Principles of Geology: Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the ... - Page 294
by Sir Charles Lyell - 1832
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Outlines of Mineralogy, Geology, and Mineral Analysis, Volume 2

Thomas Thomson - 1836 - 588 pages
...extremity of the Firth of Tay to the Bullers of Buchan, at the northern termination of Aberdeenshire. The village of Mathers, two miles south of Johnshaven,...away the whole village in one night, and penetrated 150 yards inland, where it has maintained its ground ever since, the new village having been built...
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The New Statistical Account of Scotland: Forfar, Kincardine

1845 - 1128 pages
...it would seem that the ferti* " On the coast of Kincardincshire, an illustration was afforded at ihe close of the last century, of the effect of promontories...sea broke through, and, in 1795, carried away the wholo village in one night, and penetrated 150 yards inland, where it has maintained its ground ever...
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The New Statistical Account of Scotland: Forfar, Kincardine

1845 - 1120 pages
...a wide range of the parish ; and, where this deposite exists, it would seem that the ferti-* • " On the coast of Kincardineshire, an illustration was...shore. The village of Mathers, two miles south of Juhnshaven, was built on an ancient shingle beach, protected by a projecting ledge of limestone rock....
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Principles of Geology: Or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and Its ...

Sir Charles Lyell - 1854 - 870 pages
...that in Inverness-shire there have been inroads of the sea at Fort George, and others in Morayshire, which have swept away the old town of Findhorn. On...an extent that the sea broke through, and in 1795 curried away the whole village in one night, and penetrated 150 yards inland, where it has maintained...
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Ebb and flow: the curiosities of the sea-shore

Robert William Fraser - 1860 - 328 pages
...others in Morayshire, which have swept away the old town of Findhorn. On the coast of Eincardineshire, an illustration was afforded, at the close of the...the effect of promontories in protecting a line of low-shore. The village of Mathers, two miles south of Johnshaven, was built on an ancient shingle beach,...
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The North British Review, Volume 36

1862 - 610 pages
...of the sea within the historical period. ' On the Kincardineshire coast,' says Sir Charles Lyell,1 ' an illustration was afforded at the close of the last...away the whole village in one night, and penetrated 150 yards inland, where it has maintained its ground ever since, the new village having been built...
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Principles of Geology; Or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and Its ...

Sir Charles Lyell - 1865 - 880 pages
...that in Inverness-shire there have been inroads of the sea at Fort George, and others in Morayshire, which have swept away the old town of Findhorn. On...ledge of limestone rock. This was quarried for lime tc such an extent that the sea broke through, and in 1795 carried away the whole village in one night,...
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Principles of Geology: Or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and Its ..., Volume 1

Sir Charles Lyell - 1872 - 714 pages
...at the close of the last century, of the effect of promontories in protecting a line of low-shore. The village of Mathers, two miles south of Johnshaven,...away the whole village in one night, and penetrated 150 yards inland, where it has maintained its ground ever since, the new village having * Hibbert,...
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Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography ..., Volume 6

Francis Hindes Groome - 1885 - 470 pages
...sea-coast, to rather disastrous results. 'On the Kincardineshire coast,' says Sir Charles Lyell, ' an illustration was afforded, at the close of the...protecting a line of low shore. The village of Mathers, 2 miles S of Johnshaven, was built on an ancient shingle beach, protected by a projecting ledge of...
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The Scenery of Scotland: Viewed in Connexion with Its Physical Geology

Archibald Geikie - 1887 - 530 pages
...473. sea within the historical period. ' On the Kincardineshire coast,' says Sir Charles Lyell,1 ' an illustration was afforded at the close of the last...away the whole village in one night, and penetrated 150 yards inland, where it has maintained its ground ever since, the new village having been built...
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